Wow! We came in first place at the game competition on Saturday! It was amazing to get such a good response for Axle. The event was packed and exciting, full of awesome, talented game makers. The other teams brought games from JRPGs, to puzzle-platformers, to UDK masterpieces, to multi-player frenzies! Congratulations to everyone who participated!

We want to thank the judges for their compliments and criticisms. It is such an honor to get feedback from game industry veterans. Thank you Chapman for hosting the event and supporting this project for almost a year. And finally, thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth to play the game. Your feedback is extremely valuable to us, and we're going to use it to make the game better and better.

There were a lot of people who wanted to know when we are releasing Axle on the Android Play market. Unfortunately, we don't know exactly yet, but we started a mailing list for people to find out. We promise not to spam you, but we'll send out announcements about the release and perhaps even a few focus testing opportunities this summer. The link to sign up is at the top of the page.

Although this award is an amazing achievement, we still have a lot we want to improve on, and the game will only get better from here!

We are a finalist in the IEEE GameSig Intercollegiate Game Showcase! This afternoon is our presentation where we will live demo Axle in front of a crowd of over 400 people! It is a super exciting prospect, and we are thrilled to be a finalist! It will be great to get a bunch of feedback from professional developers and meet game teams from all over Orange County. This week has been a lot of last-minute cramming to fill the game with awesome content for the show, but after this we'll be able to take a bit of a break while we make it through finals and graduation.

With our big push on implementing and finishing assets, we finally have some great in-game screenshots that we can post! You can see how the player is actually a gear and moves along other gears. We have two stages, the Toy Shop and the Factory. The next stage will be the Estate. It is great to see this in the game now, comparing back to our original concept art.